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• Available in All-Wheel Drive and Front Wheel Drive Models
• 3.5L V6 Produces 275 Horsepower
• Standard Safe Stop Technology
The third-generation RX 350 continues to raise the bar for design, engineering and luxury innovation in the luxury crossover segment it created in 1998. After introducing the all-new RX 350 for the 2010 model year, the RX coasts into 2011 with new Smart Stop Technology and additional exterior colors.
The RX 350 receives standard Smart Stop Technology as an additional measure of consumer confidence. The braking system enhancement will automatically reduce engine power when the brake pedal and the accelerator pedal are applied simultaneously under certain driving conditions.
New exterior colors are offered to complement the RX 350's refinement. Satin Cashmere Metallic replaces Golden Almond Metallic. Stargazer Black is added to the palette, while Truffle Mica and Black Sapphire Pearl are discontinued.
The Lexus RX 350 teams a 3.5-liter V6 engine with a six-speed Multi-Mode Automatic Transmission for an output of 275 horsepower at 6,200 rpm. Intake and exhaust manifolds have been tuned for enhanced performance and fuel economy. Lexus maximized the torque output to better meet the needs of luxury crossover drivers. Ninety percent or more of the 256 lb.-ft. of peak torque is available from 2,300 to 6,100 rpm, an optimal range where torque is most utilized. An insulated engine cover, styled in the shape of two cylinder banks, conceals the V6 to help ensure a quiet cabin; easy-access points facilitate routine service.
Dual Variable Valve Timing with intelligence (VVT-i) is used to control both intake and exhaust camshafts independently, optimizing engine performance at all speeds and loads. Refinements to the valvetrain, including roller rocker arms and slimmer valve stems, reduce friction and weight to improve fuel economy. Also helping to enhance torque is the improved Acoustic Control Induction System (ACIS), which varies the intake runner length in response to engine speed and throttle position. The ETCS-i (Electronic Throttle Control System with intelligence) softens throttle response during initial acceleration for smoother takeoff and to help reduce wheel spin.
The RX 350's six-speed automatic transmission yields a quick shifting response with help from miniature high-flow linear solenoids that control transmission-fluid line-pressure. The torque converter uses a low-speed lockup damper to enable lock-up from second to sixth gear to help improve the fuel economy.
When applying the accelerator pedal rapidly during kick-down, the direct-downshift control allows the transmission to directly shift from sixth to third or fifth to second, skipping the intermediate gears to achieve the quickest response. Under normal kick-down pedal application, downshift control uses the intermediate gears to ensure the smoothest shift is attained. "Shift shock" is further reduced.
The Multi-Mode Automatic Transmission allows the driver to shift manually when desired by first moving the gated shift lever to the "S" slot and then pushing it forward ("+") to up shift and backward ("-") to downshift. An Artificial Intelligence shifting (AI-SHIFT) control sets shift patterns based on the vehicle speed and throttle position and estimates road conditions and driver input to automatically control the shift pattern. For example, when driving in hilly areas, AI-SHIFT can prevent unnecessary shifting. When descending inclines, the transmission prevents up shifts to achieve more engine braking.
Lexus offers its RX luxury utility models with a choice between front-wheel drive (FWD) and all-wheel drive (AWD). The RX 350 features an electronically controlled Active Torque Control AWD system.
Active Torque Control AWD uses an electronically controlled coupling ahead of the rear differential to vary torque distribution anywhere from 100:0 to 50:50 front to rear, depending on driving dynamics and road conditions. This AWD system is 35 lbs. lighter than the previous-generation system and reduces parasitic losses by 30 percent. When accelerating, or starting off on a low-grip surface, torque is quickly provided to all four wheels. At steady speeds, torque is sent only to the front wheels, enhancing fuel efficiency.
To help provide handling agility and control, the AWD system increases rear-wheel torque when the vehicle's front tires start to lose traction and decreases rear-wheel torque when the vehicle's rear tires start to lose traction. On rough or sandy terrain, an AWD LOCK switch provides enhanced traction performance for low-speed maneuvering (if in LOCK mode, the system reverts to AUTO mode when speed exceeds 25 mph). To help prevent a tight corner-braking condition (shuddering) during low-speed cornering, the system reduces rear wheel torque.
Chassis/Body/Suspension/ Brakes/Tires
Lexus engineers provided the RX with an engaging driving experience, and a quiet and smooth ride. A key factor in the RX models' handling agility is the uniquely designed double-wishbone rear suspension. Another key benefit of the rear suspension is that the packaging yields greater cargo area room. The front suspension geometry was optimized with a thick stabilizer bar. Inversely wound front coil springs compress in opposite directions, preventing the negative effects of suspension compression on steering.
The standard electric power steering system contributes to agility and better steering feel while eliminating the parasitic losses of a hydraulic steering pump. Eliminating hydraulic oil also provides an environmental benefit and reduces maintenance. When the driving conditions involve little steering input, energy consumption is reduced, improving fuel economy by nearly three percent. Steering assist is automatically adjusted in response to vehicle speed, with greater assist at low speeds and greater feel at higher speeds. In addition, maneuverability in the RX is easy with its 40 foot turning circle curb-to-curb.
The RX stops with the help of two-piston front caliper brakes and brake feel is enhanced by optimizing pads, pedal ratio and booster output characteristics.
Standard 18-inch aluminum-alloy wheels, which were designed to appear as if carved from a single block, have 235/60R18 tires. Optional 19-inch aluminum-alloy wheels with 235/55R19 tires are available.
The Vehicle Dynamics Integrated Management (VDIM) handling technology is available on the RX 350. The VDIM system anticipates loss of vehicle control in many directions.
VDIM governs all of the vehicle's dynamic handling systems – the Anti-lock Braking System (ABS), Brake Assist (BA), Vehicle Stability Control (VSC) and Traction Control (TRAC) – employing them collectively and seamlessly to make corrections while allowing higher dynamic capability. VDIM also interfaces with the electronic throttle control system.
The system's enhanced VSC function adds steering assist torque to help aid handling on a split-friction surface. The VDIM system also provides a limited slip differential effect. The TRAC and VSC functions can also be turned off, for example, when the driver needs to free the vehicle when stuck in mud or snow.
The RX features Hill-start Assist Control (HAC), which uses brake pressure to help prevent the vehicle from moving backward when starting out on an incline. This system does not wait to detect rollback, however. It can be controlled by the driver and works in both forward and reverse. While the vehicle is stopped and the brake pedal is depressed, pushing it further activates the feature. Brake pressure is then maintained for approximately two seconds after the brake pedal is released and the driver switches to the accelerator pedal.
The RX also offers available Intelligent Adaptive Front-lighting System (AFS), which is used for high beams of the HID headlamp equipped models. When entering a corner, AFS estimates where the vehicle will be in three seconds, based on the vehicle speed and the angle of the tires, and adjusts the lateral aim of the headlamps. AFS can be switched off by the driver if desired and includes an auto-leveling function.
Also available is an automatic high beam system which uses a camera mounted on the inner rear view mirror to switch between high and low beams in response to oncoming vehicles and those traveling in front, or when other ambient sources are detected, helping reduce driver inconvenience.
The optional Pre-Collision System (PCS) with Dynamic Radar Cruise Control uses millimeter-wave radar to measure and help maintain a pre-set following distance from a vehicle traveling ahead. The radar sensor can detect certain obstacles in front of the car, and a PCS computer with vehicle speed, steering angle and yaw-rate inputs helps to determine whether a collision is highly possible. In such a situation, PCS preemptively retracts front seat belts and pre-initializes BA so that increased braking will be applied the instant the driver depresses the pedal.
A high-strength cabin design and comprehensive Supplemental Restraint Systems (SRS) are designed to help provide a high level of crash-energy management. Approximately 42 percent of the entire structure uses high tensile strength sheet steel. The new structure was engineered to help provide collision compatibility with vehicles of varying heights and weights.
RX models are equipped with a segment-leading 10 standard airbags, including side curtain airbags, front seat-mounted side airbags, rear side airbags (for the outboard seating positions) and knee airbags for the driver and the front passenger. A roll sensor signals the side curtain airbags to inflate if a predetermined threshold of vehicle tip-up is detected.
The front-passenger airbag is a dual stage, twin-chamber design that, when deployed, helps provide optimal protection. Active front headrests help to reduce the severity of a whiplash injury in the event of certain types of lower speed rear collisions.
Lexus luxury begins with how the customer first interacts with his or her vehicle. All RX models are equipped with the SmartAccess keyless entry with push-button start. As the driver approaches the vehicle, interior and exterior courtesy lamps illuminate. Opening the door, the instrument panel lighting gradually fades in. When the engine is started, the instrument gauge needles and markings illuminate, followed by the multi-information display. After the driver exits the vehicle, the lights fade out at different intervals.
All RX models are equipped with a power tilt and telescopic steering column. To ease entry and exit, the seat automatically slides up to two inches rearward and the steering wheel tilts upward and slides forward when the engine is switched off. Upon pushing the "ON" switch, the seat and steering wheel return to positions pre-set by the driver using the three-position memory system.
The standard 10-way power front seats are shaped to accommodate arm movement when operating the available Remote Touch, while also holding the occupants in place. Both the driver and passenger seats also feature power lumbar adjustment.
The shape and texture of the armrests and switches offer an ideal combination of tactile feel and functionality. The leather-wrapped three-spoke steering wheel features integrated audio controls and a unique cross-section that is designed to provide a more natural grip than a conventional round-section wheel. An optional leather and wood-trimmed wheel is available for added luxury.
Three seat materials include standard fabric, optional smooth leather or even softer semi-aniline leather. In addition to light gray and black, Parchment is available as an interior color for vehicles equipped with optional leather trim. Standard wood trim comes in Brown Walnut matched to Parchment, or Espresso Bird's-eye Maple matched to light gray and black.
The center console box provides 0.75 cu. ft. of storage capacity, enough space to comfortably store CDs/DVDs or the vehicle's owner's manual. The three-part (40/20/40) rear seats can slid fore and aft, recline, and fold down using the one-touch levers mounted in the luggage compartment. Compact rear-seat headrests help improve the driver's visibility.
The quiet climate-control system offers quick cooling and warming. A high-efficiency compressor detects refrigerant flow in order to optimize engine control and fuel economy. An available smog sensor is designed to detect harmful particles (CO, HC, NOx) in other vehicles' exhaust emissions and automatically switch between fresh air and recirculation modes.
The RX can accommodate a variety of music sources, providing auxiliary and USB inputs, Bluetooth® Audio wireless connectivity and a standard integrated XM Radio receiver (complimentary 90-day trial subscription included). Standard voice recognition and Bluetooth® technology allow phone calls to be made and received while driving. When an iPod® is attached via the optional USB port, information such as names for the artist, track and album is displayed on the available navigation or headunit, while the iPod can be controlled through the audio system. The large center console storage box easily accommodates a variety of electronic devices while keeping wires out of sight.
The RX continues the tradition of offering the Lexus Premium Audio system as standard equipment, in this case a powerful nine-speaker system with a six-disc changer. Creative placement and angling of the speakers perfectly cross-channels sound to the occupant on the opposite side of the vehicle to transform the cabin into a clear, crisp acoustic environment.
Luxury Options
The RX offers several additional luxurious amenities including a ventilation function for the front seats to help improve comfort on hot and humid days. A 12-speaker audio system comes with the optional Comfort Package or rear seat entertainment system and includes two-rear-door tweeters and a compact, L-shaped subwoofer in the rear-luggage compartment.
The optional 15-speaker Mark Levinson® Surround Sound system allows listeners to enjoy 7.1-channel surround sound. The Mark Levinson system, a Lexus exclusive, features a center channel coaxial speaker, metal-cone midrange speakers, tweeters and a 100-watt amplified subwoofer. A 2.5-inch speaker built into each D-pillar provides the right and left surround-sound channels. The diffusion of sound provides each occupant the same level of audio quality.
The available Hard Disc Drive (HDD) navigation system eliminates the need for DVD map discs and offers a unique voice recognition system, which can work using casual-language inputs on certain functions. An optional rear-seat entertainment system includes two high-definition seven-inch screens, one on each of the front seatbacks. Each screen can display video from separate sources. A remote control allows independent control of each screen. Rear-seat occupants can also choose to listen to audio through the wireless headphones instead of vehicle speakers.
The available wide-view side camera and back-up camera each help provide the driver with a wider range of visibility when driving at low speeds. The driver can check hard-to-view areas by simply pressing the camera-select button on the steering wheel or, when in reverse, viewing the camera images on the navigation screen. An optional back-up camera displays images on the eight-inch navigation screen; systems without navigation have an optional 2.4-inch display in the rear-view mirror.
The Lexus RX 350 also offers a telematics system, Lexus Enform® with Safety Connect®, available by subscription. Complimentary one-year trial subscriptions are included on all purchases of new Lexus vehicles equipped with these features. Safety Connect® is standard on all vehicles while Lexus Enform with Safety Connect is on all vehicles equipped with the optional Navigation system. The Lexus Enform and the Safety Connect response centers operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week—every day of the year.
Lexus Enform vehicles are factory ready for subscriptions to a variety of innovative XM services including XM NavTraffic®, XM NavWeather™ and XM Sports and Stocks services. XM services require separate XM subscriptions. The XM Sports and Stocks service is included with an XM radio subscription. All XM services offer complimentary 90-day trial subscriptions.
Exterior Design
The Lexus RX models blend a dynamic version of L-finesse design to create a sleek profile that is accentuated by broad "shoulders" for an athletic yet elegant presence. Bright finish side-window moldings follow a subtly concaved line across the A– and C– pillars, extending at the front and rear ends.
The Lexus design cue of placing the grille lower than the headlights, along with sharper headlight graphics, yields a strong frontal expression. The RX 350 offers standard halogen and optional HID headlights. The plated upper edges of the front grille extend toward the headlights to draw the front features together. The lower edges of the grille form a unique arrowhead design. Subtle surface movement can be seen in the sculpted vertical bars that change shape as they spread upward.
Pronounced front fenders flow into the doors, and integrated rear fender flares neatly sweep around to pull together the taut rear corners of the vehicle. The lower body emphasizes the standard 18-inch wheels. Passenger doors extend below the entry sill, helping keep out dirt and moisture. A distinctive feature of the door handles is that the surface subtly twists outward from the front to the rear to give a comfortable grip. The side mirrors feature integrated LED turn signal lamps.
The rear spoiler's primary function is to help lower the vehicle's Coefficient of drag (Cd), but it also conceals the rear wiper and houses the AM/FM radio antenna and high-mount stop lamp.
Interior Design
Based on Lexus L-finesse philosophy, the dramatically designed interior clearly separates the interior into two distinct zones – the "display zone" to provide information, and the "operation zone" for interaction with controls. The shoulder of the door trim comfortably envelops the occupants, the clear line of the trim beginning inside the cabin and tapering outward toward the exterior. The design imbues a feeling of a continuous line encircling the occupants and defining the controls and displays. Neatly sculpted metallic surfaces, especially on the asymmetrical center stack, showcase a bold contrast of shadow and light.
A high contrast white Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) is used for the multi-information display located next to the speedometer. Vibrant white characters are sharply displayed on a high-contrast black background for ease of use and a luxurious appearance.
In addition to an Eco Driving indicator light, RX models feature an Eco driving indicator zone that displays current fuel economy using a bar graph and alerts the driver when they are achieving low fuel efficiency.
Lexus employed extensive human-machine interface (HMI) studies to enhance occupants' interaction with all controls. To help reduce driver distraction and effort, each HMI function in the RX wastes no movement. The available eight-inch navigation display (or seven-inch audio/HVAC display when navigation is not ordered) is placed at a higher, more distant position, providing a more natural visual angle.
Three innovations to come from the HMI studies include the multi-information switch on the steering wheel, the Remote Touch console-mounted navigation controller and the optional Heads-Up Display. The multi-information switch allows the driver to access numerous function settings without taking hands off the steering wheel, and reduces the number of individual switches, contributing to a cleaner instrument panel. Vehicle settings can be customized according to personal preference, including personal door-lock preferences, interior/exterior light adjustments, driver's seat easy exit, and window-closure settings.
The optional navigation system on the RX can be controlled using either the Remote Touch device or voice command. The Remote Touch allows the user to operate the navigation system, climate, audio, phone controls and more. The screen menus are selected with the controller, eliminating the need to reach out and reducing eye movement.
The attribute that most distinguishes Lexus' navigation controller from other devices in other luxury models is its available "haptic"-feedback technology, which provides a tactile response to the hand. As the user operates the controller near a screen icon, the cursor is pulled to that icon with feedback from a servomotor in the device enabling the user to feel it "click" into place. The driver or passenger makes a selection by pressing the side thumb button on either side, and the feedback servo is adjustable for sensitivity. The system then confirms the action with a subtle sound. Remote Touch integrates the functions of seven hard switches used with the previous touch screen, helping users to operate those functions with reduced effort and distraction.
The available Heads-Up Display (HUD) utilizes white readouts. High-intensity LEDs project high-contrast white figures onto the windshield, which are easier to read – and easier on the eyes – than the typical green-colored readouts. The HUD offers displays for speed, navigation, and audio. A wedge-shaped windshield interlayer for the HUD projection area eliminates the distracting printed grid pattern seen on some other vehicles equipped with HUDs.
All new Lexus vehicles come with a 48-month/50,000-mile basic limited warranty with roadside assistance for 48-months/unlimited miles. Powertrain and restraint system coverage is provided for 72 months/70,000 miles. Corrosion perforation protection is covered for 72 months, regardless of mileage.
Price this car:
MSRP: $37,975 – $39,375
Invoice: $34,366 – $35,633
Source: Lexus Press Release (pressroom.toyota.com)


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There have been some reactions in the pop science media.
First, Amy Adams wrote a Stanford press release:
Despite a popular media story, rumors of inflationary theory's demise is premature, Stanford researchers sayIt was later copied to Phys.Org. You may see that Amy Adams is working for Stanford which is proud about Linde, so it is a pro-Linde, pro-inflation story – which is reasonable. Similar comments apply to the text in the Stanford Daily
Stanford scientist defends inflationary origin theory of the universeby Sarah Wishingrad. Stanford may be considered the world's headquarters of research on inflation. Aside from the inflation's co-founder Andrei Linde – who thrilled us by posting a comment on Thursday – Stanford also has numerous other brilliant researchers of the cosmic inflation. Some of them have written TRF blog posts in the past.
Aside from some self-evidently credible technical research on inflation, Stanford is also one of the hotbeds of the anthropic reasoning which I don't find so nice. But it's clear that it's a kind of metaphysics that is somewhat naturally suggested by the technical results surrounding inflation – and its realization within string theory – and Stanford is arguably contributing the more rational things to the anthropic reasoning, too.
Fine, some of the world's media don't belong to Stanford, however. So what did the other science journalist who have noticed this "story" write about ILS and the GLKN+29 response?
Gizmodo (also Gizmodo Australia, Gizmodo India etc.) published the article
Thirty Three Famous Physicists Sign Angry Letter About the Origin of the Universeby Ryan F. Mandelbaum of "Gawker Media". The affiliation looks like a greeting from Hell – because I believed and I hoped that with the help of a flamethrower, Peter Thiel has already successfully neutralized everything that was linked to this disgusting Gawker empire. I must have overlooked some subtlety.
Mandelbaum wrote that the top cosmologists were angry – Alan Guth even made a comment that supported that assertion, at least when it comes to him personally – especially when they heard that inflation was not even science. Mandelbaum added that it's a similar insult as if you say that an artist's work is "not art", or a chef's is "not food". Maybe a better example he could have picked is that some inkspillers' writing about science and politics is "not journalism" but I am afraid that Mandelbaum wasn't impartial enough to invent this example.
Also, Joshua Sokol wrote an article in The Atlantic:
A Cold War Among Cosmologists Turns HotPrevious stories were combined in The Daily Galaxy:
'Cold War' Rages Over Inflationary, Expanding Theory of the Universe --"Does Not Meet the Standards of Real Science" (WATCH Today's "Galaxy" Stream)One can see that they disagree whether it's still a cold war or a hot one. ;-)
These independent writers sketch what the argument is about but they also add some commentary. Correct me if I am wrong but in between the lines, I read that all these writers tend to support the "critics". Why do I think so?
Well, the inflation advocates are painted as angry – even though it looks clear to me that the "critics" ILS and others are intrinsically much more angry, but the journalists never wrote explicitly about this self-evident fact. Also, the fathers of inflation and researchers on inflation are described as the "establishment" with the implicit message that it's good to fight against the establishment. The Atlantic emphasized the proposition
"This kind of reasoning … cannot be resolved by invoking authority."I agree with that. Except that there's something more relevant for the journalists. They are not doing real science themselves. They are informing the public which is also not doing research and the information about the authorities' opinions is rather important for the readers to build some opinion.
Disputes about cosmology or particle physics – and other branches of science – cannot be resolved by invoking authority and you can find hundreds of copies of this statement on this blog. On the other hand, it's still an example of journalistic dishonesty if a journalist represents some opinions as if they were considered reasonable by the bulk of the most achieved researchers in that field.
The journalists are adding some bias which has become too strong. It's hard not to compare the situation with that of the climate hysteria. In that case, it's often (absolutely incorrectly) claimed that the bulk of top atmospheric scientists supports the climate hysteria and the skeptics are painted as mavericks, a tiny minority etc. But very similar journalists – and in some cases, the very same journalists – don't see any problem when they turn into advocates of the weird minority in the case of inflation.
Authorities don't matter in science but they do matter for the opinion of the laymen who don't really understand the science and who rely on others. And within science, the weight of the 33 signatories of the pro-inflation letter isn't important because they're authorities as humans but because their number and fame is approximately proportional to the actual evidence and nontrivial insights that exist in the scientific literature.
The current atmosphere in the society is immensely politicized and this fact unfortunately influences science as well. In particular, lots of people are trying to affect the discussion even in questions that are as esoteric for them as the inflationary cosmology because they have previously decided that they are "pro-establishment" or "anti-establishment" and they were told which side of the inflation wars they should support as a consequence.
Needless to say, the people who decide about "their side" in this way are idiots. You just won't contribute anything good to the world if you will just mindlessly fight for all the things that are considered "pro-establishment". And you won't contribute anything positive to the mankind if you will mindlessly fight for all the things that are viewed as "anti-establishment", either. Moreover, you will have to change your attitudes to many actual scientific questions because who the establishment is and what it says is sometimes changing, too, as science is making progress (and also when politics is evolving, with much less actual progress).
At least one of the "independent" articles about the cosmic inflation ends up making the inflation side look a bit bad for another reason. It finds two signatories of the letter of 33 who actually say bizarre things that make you doubt why they signed the pro-inflation letter at all. Sean Carroll says that inflation is a marginally ill-defined term. And Lisa Randall finds "the model of inflation incredibly unsatisfying". Oh, really?
I have no idea what they are talking about. Inflation isn't a simple, elementary, and therefore totally well-defined object, like "the number 137". It's a part of our state-of-the-art description of the Universe. Moreover, it's a phenomenon that was taking place in the whole Universe. When something is taking place in the whole Universe, you can't really geometrically divide it or separate it from all the other things.
Inflation is any process of approximately exponential expansion of the whole (cosmic) space in a theory reducing to general relativity at long distances that is driven by a scalar field located away from the minimum.
Can't you use this sentence or a similar one as a definition of inflation? If you agree that you can, why you would say, like Sean Carroll did, that "it's very hard to define exactly what we mean by inflation"? Of course my definition can't be exact because we're talking about physics and we haven't understood the complete theory of everything with all its consequences completely yet. So any concept in physics unavoidably has to be defined at least somewhat inaccurately and non-rigorously because it must be consistent with the largely unavoidable refinements in the future!
Also, I have no clue why Lisa Randall would call the model of inflation "incredibly unsatisfying". The words partly follow from an emotional reaction but my reaction to inflation was much closer to Alan Guth. On December 7th, 1979, when he studied some behavior of the Higgs fields, he figured out something:
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The realization was termed "spectacular" and I am convinced that the realization was right and its description was appropriate. And the adjective "spectacular" directly contradicts "incredibly unsatisfying".
Why is it spectacular? Because a building block – a scalar field that may be away from the minimum – was always present in the theoretical framework (field theory) and was found to be able to explain why the Universe is so incredible large, flat, uniform, why the mass of the visible Universe is so much greater than the natural unit of mass, the Planck scale, and other hierarchy-like problems. Without this mechanism, the natural prediction could have been that the typical curvature radius in the Universe could be very short, perhaps Planckian, the total mass of the Universe should also be natural and therefore Planckian (a tiny seed of dust), and so on.
But the previously overlooked behavior of the scalar fields with a potential coupled to the metric tensor in general relativity is enough to make all these numbers very large or very small, in agreement with the observations. You don't really need to assume anything else and you immediately get an explanation why the Universe is so large, flat, and has similar adjectives.
This realization doesn't imply the precise answer to any detailed question – and doesn't determine the precise model with a number of inflaton fields, potential energy's shape, and related things – but that is true in all of science. If you realize something important, it doesn't mean that you realize everything important. Albert Einstein is celebrated both by the laymen and the physicists but he was very far from making insights that would answer everything important, too.
Or take someone who invented a car, a light bulb, or anything else. Was it the same advanced model we use today? It wasn't. Even our current models aren't necessarily the final world. Things keep on evolving and it's a good thing. But that evolution doesn't mean that the initial realizations are abruptly rendered worthless, does it? The new iPhone doesn't turn Bell into a fraudster. In fact, Apple's success still largely depended on Bell's, and the success of many others in the past. Does someone really fail to understand this simple assertion?
So Guth's and Linde's realizations were qualitative to some extent but that doesn't mean that they were not spectacular or incredibly satisfying. Darwin's theory about the origin of species was also qualitative in some sense – it doesn't immediately tell us who our ancestors and other animals and plants have been – but that can't change the fact that it was spectacular and game-changing. The case of the inflationary cosmology is completely analogous.
Both Darwin's theory and the inflationary cosmology gave us new foundations to address many questions about some important events that took place before we were born and that were important for us – and even the stars and planets we depend upon – to emerge. The idea that the first discoverers of similar theories should write down the "complete new dogmas" that the following generations would only be verifying and worshiping is absolutely idiotic and childish. Whether or not Steinhardt, the girl working with him, and Loeb have done some other things that look important, I just couldn't agree with the hypothesis that they are intelligent people if they can't imagine that the research on theories about similar complex things as the "life of the very early Universe" unavoidably has to evolve.
Even though Lisa Randall has written many influential papers about inflation, she finds it "incredibly unsatisfying". It's hard for me to get some empathy for this combination of facts. If I find some theory incredibly unsatisfying, it automatically implies that I don't believe that Nature would choose it, and I wouldn't work on it.
Still, I think that a majority of the 33 signatories of the pro-inflation letter find inflation profound, explanatory, and satisfying. There clearly exists lots of confusion about the question what many of these folks actually think about many important questions because the discussion about all these things has been very far from flourishing. Paul Steinhardt has been waging this jihad about inflation for decades but 2017 could be the first time when some people beyond Guth, Linde, and Susskind (and perhaps 2-3 more exceptions) have publicly stated that and why they disagree with him. Almost everyone else preferred to live in the ivory tower. And indeed, in the case of some of them, I couldn't ever get rid of the suspicion that they are only writing papers on certain topics and certain kinds in order to be paid – but perhaps, they don't necessarily believe the stuff or understand why it's right.
In this populist era, it isn't really possible anymore. I think that at least for science, this populism – the deliberately spread populist meme that the laymen should influence where the science is going and what it believes – is extremely harmful. It was created when some researchers or popularizers wanted to become popular. So they were licking (and they are still licking) the aßes of the laymen. But the laymen don't really have a clue and should have no power about the selection of the right answer simply because they don't carefully stick to the rules of the scientific method. Many of them try to scream and use the arguments such as "it is right to be pro-establishment or anti-establishment".
The scientific method is a fine art which may in principle be done by everyone but in practice, it is not. It is vitally important for those who are actually doing science right to be defended from pressures exerted by those who don't actually choose their correct answers by the scientific method and who are eager to use various powerful methods to make their views spread. The protection of the safety and integrity of the "beautiful souls" who do things carefully and professionally is a precondition for a society to become and remain civilized and for it to advance.
Research of the cosmic inflation – or other hypothetical phenomena that could play a similar role in the fate of the Universe – is a highly selective enterprise that may be meaningfully done by a few hundred people in the world. It's very important that these folks are carefully meritocratically selected – like in representative, Parliamentary democracy, perhaps one with many more levels of selections – and they are generally shielded from the pressures exerted by those who were not selected.
If and when this protection disappears, the society more or less uniformly returns to the Middle Ages, the epoch of superstitions, and burning of the witches which was (and may) be driven by the irrational mass hysteria and group think.
Hours after the text above was written, Russia Today published their story Stephen Hawking among 33 scientists on offensive against critics of popular universe origin theory which seems to be one of the most balanced ones. I couldn't praise the commenters there, however. They say that inflation and all of science are tools to kill God, those 33 cosmologists are a highest layer of free masons or the agents of CIA, Stephen Hawking has been dead for 20 years, the big bang is just a virtual bang resulting from the pressing of a home button, and these "nice" people are waiting for the world without Hawking, without an ethnic group important in science, and other things. Not a pretty picture.

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This privately owned Grade I listed house has been home to the same family since it was first built in about 1666. In 1992 Gavin and Davina Hogg, with their two sons, moved in and opened up the house and grounds for the first time in its history.
Magnificent in its grounds and on the banks of the River Usk, Penpont lies in the middle of a 2000 acre working rural estate. The house is the centre piece of a remarkable group of buildings spanning various periods, including a church, Dower house, stables, workshops, a dovecote on stilts and a 19 century conservatory.
Around the house lies extensive grounds, sweeping lawns, the old Victorian rose and walled gardens, riverside and woodland walks and more recently constructed the Green Man Maze.
Time has stood still at Penpont for much of the last century. This has contributed greatly to the unspoilt charm and tranquility which characterise the house and grounds. However, over the last 20 years a challenging yet sympathetic restoration programme has been undertaken.
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Penpont, thou wilderness of varied sweets,
Where nature from her comely handmaid Art
Borrows new luster, and in every part
The wond'ring eye some opening beauty meets
Happy who free from worldly strife and care
Within thy solitude may while away
The livelong stillness of a summers day
Breathing the fragrance of thy perfumed air
For in thy waters leaps the dappled trout,
And birds as conscious of their safety there
In countless numbers to thy groves repair'
Ringing their long-drawn notes of sweetness out.
Extract from 'PENPONT' by John Lloyd 1847
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The history of this house in the Saxony town of Zwickau, in which Robert Schumann was born in 1810, stretches back as far as the 15th century.
Today it contains a museum of eight rooms displaying the world's largest exhibition on the life and legacy of the composer and his wife – the brilliant pianist Clara Wieck. These include the memorial room that features precious items of furniture and musical instruments from the couple's estate. Chamber concerts and talks are regularly held in the concert hall on the ground floor.
Opening times:
Tuesday-Friday 10am-5pm, Saturday & Sunday 1pm-5pm
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If you're not yet familiar with the web series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl — which, according to the venerable New York Times, is "strikingly bold" and "full of sharp, pointillist humor that's extremely refreshing" — do take a moment to check it out. Once you've fallen in love (which shouldn't take more than three minutes), hurry back on over to this here post because the show's talented creator and star, Ms. Issa Rae, is here — ready and waiting! — to talk about whatever you like. Comedy, entertainment, puppies, Dostoyevsky...anything goes.
Put on your thinking caps and start submitting your questions now; Issa will tackle them at 2:30 EDT.
Issa Rae has left the building and this interview is now closed. Thanks to everyone for a great discussion.


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Hairwolf is an American television series that ran from 1984 until 1987, and starred Steve Davies as an emotionally disturbed helicopter pilot who struggled with depression. Episodes centered around the main character, Peter Stringfellow, and his various missions in a high-tech secret military helicopter, code-named "Hairwolf".
The hero of the show, Stringfellow, was an extravagant, gay hairdresser that had been recruited into the Military by fellow homosexual, Commander BA Baracus. Alan moved from his lush Beverly Hills mansion to a remote location outside of LA, where he lived in a tree. Stringfellow is constantly harrassed by a fierce bloodhound called "Tit", who keeps him awake at night barking and scratching at his tree. Becoming increasingly depressed by his lack of interaction with anyone other than violent terrorists, criminal masterminds, military dictators and international drug smugglers, Alan took up knitting to remain calm. Stringfellow's only real friend is Derek Santini - a 97 year old heroin addict with senile dementia.
Called upon at a moments notice by an organisation known simply as "The Firm", Stringfellow would put down his knitting, hop in his helicopter and zoom off to blow up his next target. Constantly distracted by introverting voices that tell him he is just a no-good pussy, that he will never amount to anything and that everyone wishes he were dead, Stringfellow would travel half way round the world to seek out a targeted criminal and unleash the full force of Hairwolf's arsenal on them, often decimating an entire town or village to ensure that he got his man.
Production history[edit]
Season 1[edit]
The pilot episode of the show focussed on Peter Stringfellow's last love with a florist named Alan. The opening scene showed Alan riding Stringfellow's arse like there's no tomorrow, but he is interrupted when a sniper blows Alan's head off through a window. Stringfellow extracts the still-erect penis from his anus and starts weeping. BA Baracus then bursts into the room, bends Stringfellow over the bed and rapes him till he bleeds. He then informs Stringfellow that he is to train to become a helicopter pilot and that he will be flying the most high-tech military equipment that cost more than the rest of the army's budget for the last seven years. "What? I'm just a hairdresser," replys Stringfellow, but Baracus has already left the room and is zipping up his pants. Stringfellow then has a cup of tea and goes to bed. When he wakes, he has been transported to his new home - a tree in the hills above LA where Baracas throws him a helicopter flight manual and yells at him to read it by tomorrow because they are going to East Germany to "Blow up some fucker."
The remaining episodes of season one then follow Stringfellow's adventures in Eastern Europe where he destroys towns and villages in East Germany, Kosovo, Poland and Scotland.
Season 2[edit]
Taking an unusual turn, producers of the show completely altered the pattern of the earlier season by focussing Stringfellow's attentions towards escaped violent zoo animals. The six episodes of season 2 had Stringfellow hunting down a polar bear in the Arctic and blowing its arms off with Hairwolf's machine guns; blowing up a giraffe; hunting a pack of dolphins underwater in the pacific; capturing a Wombat in a net; blowing up a large spider that was hiding in a lady's shoe and in the final episode of the season, leaping dramatically from Hairwolf as he sends it hurtling towards a Tyrannosaurus Rex that was loose inNew York.
Season 3[edit]
After the dismal failure of season 2, producers decided to return to the original pattern and sent Stringfellow off to blow up criminals in countries that nobody really cares about.
Season 4[edit]
Once again deciding to take a radical shift of direction for the show, producers completely dropped the helicopter from the show. Instead the season featured Stringfellow becoming increasingly addicted to shoplifting whilst trying to avoid being found BA Baracus. The show was axed after the third episode.
The first season of Airwolf was so successful in the US, UK and Germany that all other TV shows on all channels were cancelled in favour of re-runs of Airwolf. This lasted for a total of 8 months before season 2 was completed. Many people recall staying up for days on end watching the show. People had their friends round for Airwolf parties, changed their names to Peter Stringfellow, wrote books and articles based on the show, acted out scenes from the show in their living room to their children and otherwise exploited every last drop of Airwolfness that they could get out of their lives.
Unfortunately the second season's ratings dropped dramatically as the season progressed, until by the end of the final episode there were only three viewers - a bewildered pensioner from London named Edith, a small child from Winnipeg and a night watchman from El Dorado. It later turned out that the night watchman simply forgot to turn off his TV when he went on holiday, so the viewing figures were actually two by the end of the last episode.
Airwolf then regained some of its former popularity during season 3, winning several awards including a Golden Scrotum from the Ecuador Bullfighter's Guild for "A superb portrayal of the personal struggles faced by many bullfighters around the world." Producers of the show were somewhat mystified by this gesture but gratefully accepted the award.
The troubled fourth season received such heavy criticism from the press that it was cancelled after just three seasons. Star of the show, Steve Davies, returned to playing professional snooker, and the producer of the show, Edith Piaf was murdered by a fanatical fan when she was walking home from the shop one evening. According to bystanders, the fan had made his own life-sized prototype Airwolf helicopter and followed her for two blocks before she realised she was being followed, at which point he blew her up with a torrent of AGM-114 Hellfire missiles.


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A Hagerstown man convicted of a 2004 rape in Frederick based on a DNA sample he submitted in Tennessee has been sentenced to life in prison.
NaJarred Walker, 28, was sentenced Tuesday in Frederick County Circuit Court. Walker, in a statement in court, denied the charge.
The News-Post of Frederick reported that the victim, a teenage girl, was attacked in November 2004 under a downtown Frederick bridge.
Walker moved to Tennessee, where he was convicted in Davidson County of offenses including attempted robbery, aggravated assault and drunken driving from 2008 to 2010.
In March 2011, Maryland State Police notified Frederick police that Walker's DNA in a national database matched evidence collected from the rape victim.
By then, Walker was living in Hagerstown and wanted for a Tennessee probation violation.


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Programming Life!
Programmers are like minor deities, François. They begin with nothing but an idea and access to a few random bits and bytes, then voilà! Out of the chaos, they create a new kind of life that takes form on our Linux systems. It is truly amazing, mon ami.
Yes, of course, François. You are quite right. It is a little intimidating as well. Ah, the power. The responsibility. The sheer pleasure of creating something from nothing. Not just intimidating, mon ami, but intoxicating. Speaking of intoxication, our guests will be here shortly. Tuscany sounds good tonight. Why don't you run down to the cellar and bring up the 1997 Vino Nobile di Montepulciano? Vite, François! They will be here any moment.
But they are here already. Bon soir, mes amis! It is an exceptional pleasure to see you here again at Chez Marcel, where fine Linux fare is always on the menu. Please sit. François is even now in the cellar bringing up today's wine. Before you arrived, we were talking about the joys of digital creation, programming, which you may have noticed is this issue's theme. The Linux systems you use here in the restaurant and at home are the product of numerous talented and passionate programmers, all of whom set out to contribute something to this community. Sometimes what they create is a kind of cybernetic life, creatures and robots of various incarnations. If you have ever sat on the sidelines thinking to yourself that you would also like to join this group of creators, then tonight's menu is for you. Ah, François, merci. Please pour for our guests. Be generous!
One way to learn something new is through games, and so it is with Java. IBM offers something called Robocode, a programming environment where you can create Java robots that battle it out in an arena on your screen. Each battle goes through several rounds, and stats are gathered so that you can see how your favorite robot is doing. From this information, you can tweak various parameters and make your robot more efficient. Will stopping and turning every 30 steps instead of every 100 increase your chances of success? The way to find out is to make the changes, compile, run and watch the results. This is a great starter for the new Java programmer; it can also be addictive.
To get started with Robocode, you will need the Java developer's kit. You can get a free copy from java.sun.com/j2se; simply download the package you need. I used the RPM install on my system, but you also can get a GNU tar shell script for other Linux distributions. I should probably warn you about that installation—the binaries did not get installed in the standard bin directories. To continue, I had to change my PATH to reflect this:
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/jdk.1.3.1_02/jre/bin
Once you have Java installed, head on over to IBM alphaWorks for your copy of the Robocode package, located at robocode.alphaworks.ibm.com/home/home.html. You'll find the installation process quite painless, as there is really nothing to compile. Simply run the installation program with Java using the following command:
java -jar robocode-setup.jarThe first thing you'll encounter is a window that asks you to accept the license agreement. This will be followed by a suggestion for an installation directory. I accepted the default, a directory called robocode in my home directory. When the installation completes, you can start the program with this:
cd $HOME/robocode ./robocode.shWhen you start the program, you'll see the Robocode arena where robot tanks do battle. Click Battle on the menu and select New. A card will appear asking you to select robots for the coming battle. All these are prefixed with "sample.", and each has a certain set of characteristics preprogrammed. For example, start with sample.MyFirstRobot and sample.Spinbot. Before you go ahead and click the "Start battle" button, choose the battlefield tab. For my 1024 × 768 desktop, I chose a nice, unassuming 800 × 600 battlefield. Finally, there are some rules to follow, defined under the rules tab, including the gun cooling rate and inactivity time. Be aware of these, but for now accept the defaults. Ready? Allons, mes amis. Press Start Battle.
You get robots like Sitting Duck, which just sits there and waits to be blown up. You can also work with Crazy, a robot whose motion and firing pattern appears mostly random. Each can be loaded and modified to behave in ways different from the original programming definitions.
If, like me, you were not entirely satisfied with the outcome of this battle, it is time to get coding and modify your robot. The first time you decide to modify your robot, Robocode will build Jikes, the compiler (it even tells you to go get a cup of coffee). Oui, mes amis, I was asking the same question myself. How old should a programmer be before he or she starts on the real java? For a look at the robot editor and a game in progress, have a look at Figure 1.
The easiest way to learn is to work with the sample robots, and then venture out on your own when you feel more comfortable. When the compiler is ready, you'll be presented with Robocode's development environment. Click File, Open and then choose "sample". You'll get a new list with all the sample robots (such as Ramfire). The code for each of these robots is well documented, so a new programmer can quickly grasp the concepts of what is happening. For instance, what should your robot do when it hits a wall:
/** * onHitWall: Handle collision with wall. */ public void onHitWall(HitWallEvent e) { // Bounce off! reverseDirection(); }
The various methods for the robot class are a snap to catch on to, ahead(), back(), fire(), fireBullet(), donothing() and so on. You'll find documentation for the API in your installation directory under javadoc/index.html.
François, if you would be so kind as to refill our guests' glasses, I have another similar programming environment that I would like to share with them.
Andreas Agorander's DroidBattles works on a similar principle as does Robocode. Instead of using Java as its language, however, this program works in an assembler-like language. At this low level, it's as close as you can get to the heart of your software creation. The program itself is built using the 2.X Qt libraries, so those of you running KDE 2.X should have no trouble building the program. But, mes amis, before you build it, it must first come to you, or rather, you must come to it. The latest source is available at www.bluefire.nu/droidbattles/index.html.
The strange thing with this installation was that all the files in the archive were datestamped with a future date, which gave me a little grief when I got to the ./configure step. To make things right, I used the touch command to stamp everything with the current date.
tar -xzvf droidbattles-1.0.4.tar.gz cd droidbattles-1.0.4 ./configure make make install
What makes DroidBattles fascinating is that you build the robot in code as well as in hardware, adding CPUs, memory, engines, plasma guns and scanners. When you start the program by typing droidbattles &, you'll get a control panel like the one in Figure 2. To do battle, you need to create and program at least one robot. Pressing the Bot-creator button at the top of the panel is the first step toward unleashing your mechanical warrior.
Figure 2. DroidBattle's Control Panel
You'll be presented with a kind of shopping list for your robot's physical attributes, as well as a window for code. For those who have never looked at assembler, the code will seem a little strange but not for long. These instructions are for the CPU itself—not the one in your computer but the one onboard your robot. The instructions aren't complicated, and a complete manual comes with DroidBattles; just click Documentation on the panel.
Incidentally, if you go ahead and add tons of hardware to your robot, you may be able to assemble it, but the system won't let you run it. "Why?" you ask. The config editor defines the parameters we must adhere to when building our robots. For instance, you define a maximum number of devices or memory, as well as the cost of these items. Furthermore, a robot has a maximum cost and each of those devices cost money. (Fear not, mes amis, this is virtual money.) That cost is determined by how good a particular device is. Plasma guns cost anywhere from $50 to $3,500. These parameters allow you to mix and match the various characteristics within a limited framework. Will you stand a better chance in battle with two plasma guns but only half the processing power? Make the changes, save your robot and find out.
Finally, when you are through, click Tests in the Bot-creator and choose "Quick battle". You need to select at least two robots to have a battle, but they can be the same ones. The battlefield appears (see Figure 3) and the game is on. Click Play and watch the fun. As the battle progresses, you can click Pause and then switch to single-step mode. When running in test mode, note the debug window that pops up and displays memory locations, registers and instructions as they are being executed.
Figure 3. The DroidBattle Battlefield
This is all very geeky and a great deal of fun. You might also want to watch Andreas' page, as he is in the process of setting up a DroidBattle server.
Well, mes amis, I fear that the time has gone by very quickly today. One of the most difficult aspects to starting down a road like programming is deciding what it is you would like to create. Programs like Robocode and DroidBattles set the stage for you and draw you into a tournament where the code seems more like play than work.
Thank you once again, mes amis. Your visit to Chez Marcel is always a pleasure. Relax. Finish your wine. Enjoy. Until next month. A votre santé! Bon appétit!
Marcel Gagné (firstname.lastname@example.com) is president of Salmar Consulting Inc., a systems integration and network consulting firm and the author of Linux System Administration: A User's Guide, published by Addison-Wesley.


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Shavuot just ended. Last year, in the spirit of the dairy tradition of this holiday, I made a cheese tart. In addition, I taught a dance/movement class for a tikkun leyl Shavout — an all-night learning session to commemorate the giving and receiving the torah. A dance class as part of Jewish learning?, you might ask. Well, it's just one of my things and the cooking class I had planned didn't work out.
Having a pantry filled with almonds — natural, sliced, slivered, roasted and salted, and crushed into meal — and a serious craving for all things amandine, I flipped through my cookbooks and found Dorie Greenspan's Swedish Visiting Cake. I've heard it described as tasting like a large almond macaroon. Yes, I meant to say macaroon rather than macaron — the consistency is somewhere between a cookie and a cake (at least the way I made it), similar to a chewy macaroon (and not the coconut kind). Anyway, it seemed worth a shot and the name alone made it sound like a good gift to offer friends.
I didn't stay up learning all night, so I managed to bake the cake in the morning. The cake itself barely rose at all – not surprising as the only leavening agent was eggs. As I set it to cool, I decided to read a little bit in bed, and, you guessed it — fell asleep. Lucky that I waited to take the cake out of the oven before cozying up under my duvet as the rain pelted outside. 2 hours later and I had missed lunch. Despite having my cake, I just couldn't bear to be that fashionably late.
So, I did what any of you would do – I cut a slice and ate it myself. Not bad, but it would have been nicer to share.
Swedish Visiting Cake (variation)
adapted from Dorie Greenspan.
The batter for this cake is very thick. I lost some of the almond flavor when I realized that I didn't have almond extract and substituted orange blossom water which complements almonds. I think next time I might replace some of the flour with almond meal. Even though I neglected to share this with my barbecuing friends, I did treat a visiting friend to a slice with some red wine.
– 1/2 C butter or margarine
– 1 C sugar
– zest of 1 lemon
– 2 eggs
– 1/4 t salt
– 1 t orange blossom water
– 1 C flour
– 1/4 C sliced almonds
Preheat oven to 350°.
Melt butter/margarine.
Make batter. Mix sugar and zest until sugar is fragrant and moistened by the oils in the zest. Beat in eggs one at a time along with orange blossom water. Then, use a spatula to fold in the flour. Finally, add the melted butter/margarine and incorporate into the batter.
Bake cake. Grease and sugar a springform pan and pour the batter in. Since it is so thick, you'll need to smooth it out so it spreads evenly. Sprinkle sliced almonds and a little extra sugar on top. Place pan on a cookie sheet (the original recipe calls for baking the cake in a skillet, so the sheet adds a bit of extra thickness). Bake 25-30 minutes (I would err on the side of less time).
Cool and serve.


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Broncos add decals to helmets as part of social justice initiatives
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Broncos, Food Bank of the Rockies host mobile food pantry at Empower Field at Mile High
On Monday, volunteers from Food Bank of the Rockies, Denver Human Services and the Denver Broncos distributed food at Empower Field at Mile High for more than 2,000 families. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock also joined the volunteers to help load supplies into vehicles.
Peyton Manning, Brandon Stokley visit Children's Hospital Colorado to donate blood during COVID-19 pandemic
To help encourage blood donations during the novel coronavirus pandemic, Broncos great Peyton Manning visited Children's Hospital Colorado with former teammate Brandon Stokley to donate blood. (Photos via Children's Hospital Colorado)
Broncos help host personal protective equipment drive for Colorado hospitals as part of COVID-19 response
Local residents drop off donations at Empower Field at Mile High during a personal protective equipment (PPE) drive to support Colorado hospitals hosted by the Colorado General Assembly House Majority Leader Alec Garnett and House Minority Leader Patrick Neville, Project C.U.R.E., Colorado Concern and the Denver Broncos. The donation drive is a response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) public health crisis, as PPE supplies are in critical shortage.
Phillip Lindsay joins fellow Denver star Chauncey Billups to support the Porter-Billups Leadership Academy Gala
At the Porter-Billups Leadership Academy Gala on Saturday, Phillip Lindsay served as the keynote speaker alongside another Denver native-turned-sports star, Chauncey Billups. Billups and Regis University Men's Head Basketball Coach Lonnie Porter serve as two of the Academy's leaders.


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Nearly every North American city has them -- rail yards that gobble up prime downtown or waterfront land, blight the city and stymie development.
But almost every city has redeveloped them, or is in the process of transforming their rail yards. From Victoria to Moncton to Santa Fe, cities are slowly relocating old rail yards to make way for more lucrative and innovative developments.
Winnipeg is no exception. Nearly 30 years ago, we turned the old CN rail yards into The Forks, and the Fort Rouge Yards are about to become a big, new residential development.
But what of the city's other central yards -- the vast CP Rail tracks that segregate the North End? Recently, the Social Planning Council of Winnipeg has tried to spark a city-wide debate over those tracks, saying the first step is a $1.5-million feasibility study to find out whether moving them makes sense, what might be built instead and how the cost-benefit relation shakes out.
It's not an easy task. The tracks are huge -- once the biggest privately owned yards in the world, according to Doug Bell, president of the Winnipeg Railway Museum. CP Rail is content with them and may sell only reluctantly. Low land prices may make development trickier. And political will is in shorter supply now than when The Forks was created in the mid-'80s.
But, if hardscrabble cities such as Hoboken and Regina are redeveloping their yards, why can't Winnipeg?
Here's some inspiration from elsewhere.
Where it is: A spot similar to Winnipeg's CP Rail Yards, on the northwest edge of Edmonton's downtown. It's an area about 18 blocks long and two blocks wide.
What it was: The CN Rail yards, which functioned until the late 1980s. The long, skinny yards bisected the city and necessitate the famous "rat hole" -- a creepy tunnel underneath the yards.
What's there now: It's barely an exaggeration to say every big new development in Edmonton has either been built on the yards or is about to be. The site is dominated by one of Edmonton's most architecturally imposing buildings -- the six-block-long Grant MacEwan University, which attracts 7,000 full-time students to the area. Around it, there are hundreds of new condo units, student housing and affordable apartments mixed with small shops and big-box stores and restaurants. Over the last decade, more than 10 warehouses around the site have been converted to hipster lofts thanks to a related incentive program, and a popular summer farmers market has sprung up nearby. The east side of the long property, behind Edmonton's iconic CN Tower, is slated to become a cluster of new office skyscrapers, including the just-opened Epcor tower. That cluster will be bookended by the new Royal Alberta Museum and a new $450-million downtown arena. At the other end, the old Molson brewery site is about to become a residential retail zone. In short, the transformation is remarkable.
How it happened: In the late 1980s, CN Rail wanted to divest itself of older, less efficient inner-city yards and move, in Edmonton's case, to bigger and better yards on northern outskirts of town. The catalyst for redevelopment was the sale of a big parcel to the province for $16.7 million. The province then turned the rail land over Grant MacEwan for the college's new campus. With the proceeds from the sale, CN then expanded trackage on the outskirts of town, while the college sparked the renaissance. CN, which had a small but innovative real estate office in Edmonton, effectively did all the development and site cleanup itself, bit by bit, guided by an area structure plan city planners drafted.
Cost to taxpayers: Because CN led the development, taxpayers' initial investment was minimal. It included the province's $16.7-million purchase of the land for Grant MacEwan and $93 million to build the new campus, money the province likely would have spent elsewhere. The city also did some infrastructure work, demolishing a flyover, installing streetscaping and widening 104th Avenue.
Effect: In addition to the boom in construction and the huge increase in the city's tax base -- one of the new 1.4-hecatre shopping centres sold last year for $17 million -- the redevelopment helped link the downtown with the working-class neighbourhood to the north. It had traditionally been isolated by the tracks, which also stymied downtown development, said Don Hussey, the project manager in CN's real estate office who helped orchestrate the renaissance. "The rail yards used to be a barrier to activity in Central McDougall, and they certainly influenced development on either side," said Hussey, now the principal of Urban Revision Consulting. "It really affected the fabric of the city."
Where it is: In Montreal's Rosemont district, not far from the botanical gardens and Olympic Stadium and just a few klicks from downtown Montreal.
What it was: CP Rail's Angus shops, where CP manufactured and repaired locomotives and freight cars and did significant building during the Second World War. When the shops closed for good in 1992, the neighbourhood was devastated by job losses and the 50-hectare site was left a blight.
What's there now: A genuine mix of hundreds of reasonably priced and low-income housing, including townhouses, co-ops, seniors apartments, condos and rentals, along with a large new park inaugurated in 2006 and many smaller ones. An urban, high-tech business park called the Technopole Angus anchors the site's southern edge, closest to the existing mainline. It and other light industry -- a key demand of the neighbourhood -- provide more than 2,000 jobs.
How it happened: CP originally proposed high-end housing and a commercial centre, which caused the neighbourhood to balk. Then, as is Montreal's political tradition, they got organized, creating community groups that still exist.
Cost to taxpayers: The Quebec government chipped in $3.3 million to clean up the site, and the city covered two-thirds of the site-development costs -- the sewers, roads, lighting and trees. CP paid for the remaining third. The federal and provincial governments, along with a Quebec-based venture capital fund, put up several million dollars in startup investment, and CP Rail did, too.
Lessons: Jean-Marc Fontan, a Université du Québec Montréal sociologist who was involved in the Angus yards project from the start, said the neighbourhood redevelopment worked because of a lucky confluence of people and resources -- city politicians who pressured CP to negotiate, a government investment fund that kick-started development, a local university able to support community activism and CP officials in the real estate division eager to create value from an obsolete yard. "Then you have to be ready to fight, fight, fight and find the little cracks that create the dynamism," said Fontan.
Hoboken, N.J.: Hoboken has been debating what to do with the old NJ Transit rail yards since 2006. It's a 21-hectare lot that separates Hoboken from Jersey City and overlooks the Hudson River and the Manhattan skyline. NJ Transit originally pitched a plan that included a 70-storey office tower and several 45-storey residential buildings, but it was met with widespread derision and was scaled back. In the meantime, the city began its own process, which is underway.
Regina, Sask: About half of Regina's 13.3-hectare CP Rail yards are about to become the site of the city's new football stadium, hugged by retail and residential projects. Various governments are putting up nearly $350 million, which will leverage roughly $1 billion in private dollars.
Sacramento, Calif.: The massive urban infill project, one of the biggest in the United States, covers 97 hectares of old rail yards and will be roughly the same size as Sacramento's current downtown. It is slated to include everything under the sun -- a whopping 12,000 housing units, retail, office space, parks, a railroad museum, a performing arts centre and now possibly a new stadium. Prep work on the site is already underway.
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Beghelli Sheds New Light on Business with Tagetik 3.0
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Tagetik, a global provider of Performance Management, Financial Governance and Business Intelligence software solutions, today announced that the Beghelli Group (www.beghelli.com) will deploy a centralized performance management solution based on Tagetik 3.0. The Italian and European emergency lighting market leader will use the software to control production costs, improve planning and forecasting as well as monitor purchases and inventory across the organization. Specifically, Beghelli will use Tagetik 3.0 to centralize table structures for single product items and suppliers that are currently scattered across different ERP systems throughout the group. It will also optimize its procurement processes so that it can assess how individual purchases can affect group income before they are made, speed up and improve business workflow and calculating cost estimates. Finally, the project also intends to develop a structured, production planning and forecasting approach throughout the group. Due to its size, the implementation will be broken down into four phases between January and October 2011.
"In order to support our ongoing growth and increase our competitive advantage, we decided to implement a solution that can centralize and streamline our procurement activities, optimize inventory and product costs as well as accelerate monitoring processes," explains Luca Beghelli, Managing Director at Beghelli. "We selected Tagetik 3.0 because it provides rich, built-in capabilities and industry-specific functionalities that were tailored and developed from Tagetik's hands-on experience in working with leading manufacturing companies with facilities worldwide.""We are very excited to work with an organization with such a great reputation and reliability not only in the Italian market but also across Europe, the Americas and Asia, with a distribution network that comprises all five continents which clearly demonstrates the international spirit of the company," adds Manuel Vellutini, EVP Chief Operating Officer at Tagetik. "By using our latest, vertical application for manufacturing industries, Beghelli will be able to manage production planning cycles of its complex organizational structures, in a unified, structured and audited environment.""The use of a single software solution will allow business professionals at Beghelli to notably shorten planning execution time, improve the quality, visibility and transparency of data and reduce total cost of ownership for CPM throughout the group," Vellutini concludes. "The Beghelli management team will also profit from more effective planning, monitoring and reporting, increased support into its decision-making processes and involvement of all functions in the business workflow – with approval and certification of data at each level."
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"Mystery Dungeon" style roguelike RPG! Quirky and fun but very challenging. Yes, it's hard. But you're not afraid of a hard video game, right?
Use magic items, morph into monsters, find friends to fight alongside you! Use keen strategy rather than grinding for levels and you'll clear the dungeon!
NOTE: Currently seems to be a glitch on recent Samsung devices (Note 5, Galaxy S6, S7, etc.). A workaround is to install the free Samsung Game Tuner app from Google play, set the mode to Custom and adjust the Resolution Ratio for Voyage to Farland to 100%.
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Strategy A) - attack everything in sight head-on. Result: your character will die quickly and often.
Strategy B) - learn about the powers of the items you find. For example, find a cursed "Empty Vial", throw it at a "Ghost" to capture its soul. Then later drink the vial, become a Ghost and float through walls to escape danger. Or grab a "Levelup Bead", wave it at a friendly character - he'll level up and help you fight, or drop it on the ground, let a "Catapult" monster pick it up & toss it at you - you'll level up and be able to pound monsters into the ground. But ouch! The "Nosferatu" monsters are too powerful!?! (Nosferatu is a type of vampire, Google it), yet they're undead and undead monsters are vulnerable to medicinal herbs, like that "Wormwood" you just picked up!
In short, roguelike games offer a rich experience for gamers seeking something beyond casual games.
Notes: save your game at any point, but Voyage to Farland uses hardcore Rogue rules (death=start over no items). Think of it as "tough love".
5 themed dungeons, 39 monster types with devious attacks, over 30 items and 4 NPCs you can recruit to help you fight!
Hints: try the training dungeon first, equip a shield as soon as possible, make good use of the herbs/beads/scroll's secret powers (tap INV, then select Explain from the item's sub menu - use the DPAD or swipe up/down in the center of the touchscreen to scroll in menus). Find an empty vial, use it to capture & morph into a monster to really throw down and you'll be hooked.
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Tap MENU for docs. Check out our website for more hints (e.g. dealing with hunger, monster rooms, etc.), videos & an introduction to roguelike games (click "developer's webpage" link below)!
How far can you get in Voyage to Farland?
XPERIA PLAY optimized!
Despite the cute graphics, Voyage to Farland is one of the harder roguelike games in the Android market/Google Play. It's not a grindfest. Levels don't matter. Cleared dungeons are what matter in this game. You'll be tested from the very first floor. Many players dive in, attack everything, die quickly and get frustrated. This game demands a more clever approach. Until you find a shield you'll have to pick your battles wisely. Voyage has been on the market for over two years and yet only two players have cleared every dungeon (shout-out to Paul and Rodney!). You might be the third if you have patience, perseverance and a will to win! Some gamers want to kill time with mobile games. That's fine, but you're not like that. You want a challenge. You want to face the Spirit Witch and defeat her. You want to be the first adventurer to enter "The Path of No Return" and beat the dungeon once and for all. To unlock the secrets of Farland.
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